Obs. [A parallel form to TRAIST a., TRIST a.1: cf. TREST sb.1 and next.]
1. Firm, strong: = TRAIST a. 1.
c. 1470. Golagros & Gaw., 526. He … Turnit to ane hie toure, that tight wes full trest.
2. Confident, sure: = TRAIST a. 2.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 17919. Þou mai be ful trest to spede.
3. Trusty, faithful: = TRAIST a. 3.
c. 1560. A. Scott, Poems (S.T.S.), ix. 28. Ane constant hairt bayth trest & trew.
1566. Inv. Roy. Wardrobe (1815), 177. Service done … be our trest cousing Johnne now erle of Mar.
1584. Hudson, Du Bartas’ Judith, V. 134. So shall you finde me,… as faithfull, secret, trest, and trew.
Hence † Trestly adv. Obs., confidently.
a. 1568. in Bannatyne Poems (Hunter. Cl.), 213. Thair is nocht faithfulnes fundin in to this erd; Now is nocht thre may trestly trow in the ferd.
